]]>http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/pearls-energy-from-university-of-seville/feed/0The University of Seville welcomes the launch of PEARLS Projecthttp://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/hola-mundo/
http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/hola-mundo/#respondWed, 04 Jul 2018 12:31:25 +0000http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/?p=1The Brazilian Pavilion has hosted the launch of the project holding the Kick off Meeting. Academic partners, companies, associations and consultants from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Israel participated in the event. In addition, this Meeting was attended by PhD students, visiting lecturers and research groups from University of Seville, concerned by the links between Social Sciences and Renewable Energy. After the ceremonial introduction addressed by the Vice-rectory for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, the European Commission’s Science and Knowledge Service of Joint Research Centre in Seville was invited to present the Smart Specialisation Platform on Energy. The synergies between this Smart Platform and the PEARLS Project are evident, so it is expected joint collaborations to take place.

The Kick Off Meeting has enabled the exchange information about the Grant Agreement compliance, the conditions of implementation and funding of the project, and familiarisation with SYGMA platform. Above all though, it has been a splendid opportunity to establish the first face to face contacts between all the participants who will keep a close and productive collaboration along the next four years.

KOM participants and companion people stand up on the roof of the Atarazanas ancient shipyard (Seville, SP)

]]>http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/hola-mundo/feed/0PEARLS Proposal accepted! It’s really happening!http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/pearls-proposal-accepted-its-really-happening/
http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/pearls-proposal-accepted-its-really-happening/#respondTue, 05 Jun 2018 17:36:57 +0000http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/?p=455The PEARLS beneficiaries have received this message. It has been exactly three months since we submitted PEARLS proposal and they have confirmed us that the proposal is accepted. It was Na’ama Teschner from University of Haifa who sounded the alert. At the same time, there were messages about some phishing attempts coming from the Participant Portal. After a few minutes of surprise, the truth is that PEARLS Project has secured funding. Let’s work!
]]>http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/pearls-proposal-accepted-its-really-happening/feed/0PEARLS Proposal submitted. Fingers crossedhttp://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/410/
http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/410/#respondThu, 05 Apr 2018 17:20:44 +0000http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/?p=410This morning we have submitted the last version of PEARLS proposal into SYGMA Platform, only a few hours before the closure of the 2017 MSC RISE call. We entered the first version in late March. Since then, we have updated a new draft almost every week. We have organised ourselves very well thanks to the work and collaboration from all the Consortium partners. Almudena Arrabal´s support with SYGMA Platform and Miguel Torres´s graphical design of the information have been very remarkable. The proposal consists of 36 secondments that will be held between thirteen entities from five countries that will focus on six complementary Work Packages. The Steering Committee will support the PEARLS Coordinator. The Consortium will also count with an Advisory Board comprised of Essex University; the Agenzia Nazionale per l’energia ENEA; and the Spanish company Prodiel.

The goal is achieved! : ἀνέρριφθω κύβος.

]]>http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/410/feed/0Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Coordinators’ Dayhttp://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/research-and-innovation-staff-exchange-rise-coordinators-day/
http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/research-and-innovation-staff-exchange-rise-coordinators-day/#respondFri, 19 Jan 2018 17:15:34 +0000http://proyectopearls.circulosur.com/?p=407The MSC-RISE Actions Coordinators have attended the general meeting hosted in Brussels by the Research Executive Agency. There have been two intense sessions where we have been informed about how demanding and extremely competitive has the MSCA RISE 2017 call been. Only a 20% of the proposals were successful. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the implementation of the MSCA RISE Grant Agreement and best practices for successful project implementation. Special attention has been given to the requirements of the Grant Agreement; the eligibility conditions for the secondments; and the financial rules.

The meeting provided us with the opportunity of making personal contact with our Project Officer and meeting the other RISE projects coordinators from related fields. The Humanities and Social Sciences Panel are well represented by Southern European countries.

Eva Loukogeorgaki, Bruno Zanon & Ana Delicado in the Courtyard of Geography and History Faculty at University of Sevile (January, 25th 2017).

Finally, earlier this week we have organized the workshop in order to submit a proposal for the forthcoming MSC RISE 2017 call. We have been fortunate enough to meet the academic partners from Lisbon, Trento and Thesaloniki, and to be in contact with Haifa and Esse. On the Spanish side, we are working side by side with Territoria Company. In addition to establish a first contact between the Research Groups on Social Sciences and Architecture at the University of Seville, which work on Renewable Energy.

Until April, 4th we have a lot of work to do: to look for partners from administrative and business environments and NGOs; to refine the structure of a solid proposal; and commit to the Work Packages tasks and secondments if we manage to get the Project’s approval.

We have decided our Consortium and Project’s name.

We are calling ourselves PEARLS: Planning and Engagement Arenas for Renewable energy LandscapeS.